New England snowstorm memories.

[SouthCoastMA]

I believe I measured 17" or 18" here as a 13 year old weenie - compared to 15 on the map

[SouthCoastMA]

4 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Man it’s hard not to get movement looking at that. 

Dick Hurtz from Holden was in a good spot for this. 

[Ginx snewx]

On 4/1/2025 at 1:11 PM, SouthCoastMA said:

Dick Hurtz from Holden was in a good spot for this. 

So was Stu Gotz in Pawtucket 

[H2Otown_WX]

1 hour ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Hey @H2Otown_WX i just added a full radar loop of your favorite storm Dec 30th 2000 and Feb 5th, Mar 4-6th 2001 as well as Dec 2003 and Jan 2005. Even the blizzard of 96 is now up. All new snowfall maps as well. I cant link them here cuz the file sizes are massive.

Hell yeah man, thank you. Appreciate your hard work. Look at that radar loop for December 2000. That's a sexy storm and a rare distribution these days with west beating east.

[The 4 Seasons]

21 hours ago, H2Otown_WX said:

Hell yeah man, thank you. Appreciate your hard work. Look at that radar loop for December 2000. That's a sexy storm and a rare distribution these days with west beating east.

For sure. Mar 4-6 2001 was one hell of a storm despite under performing a bit in CT. Still a solid 10-18 for most of the state. I was pretty much right on with my memory of that storm, snow began late Sunday AM and the last flakes ended just after midnight Wednesday morning. About 62 hours. 

[The 4 Seasons]

Todays the 25th anniversary of the December 30th, 2000 Snowstorm. I got a full radar animation up here and sfc loop.

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/dec-30-31-2000

 

[SouthCoastMA]

Brutal, but I've seen more infuriating snowfall gradients

[The 4 Seasons]

4 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

Brutal, but I've seen more infuriating snowfall gradients

Like Feb 1-3, 2021

[rimetree]

Recently came across this site from Hampton NH...some snowstorms of yore: https://history.lanememoriallibrary.org/hampton/history/randall/chap18/randall18_6.htm

[ORH_wxman]

12/30/00 was a really annoying storm in central and east-central MA. Took forever to start (you can see how all the precip filled in west first despite it moving almost due north), and then once it got going it didn’t last all that long. It was heavy but then dryslotted pretty quick. 

[The 4 Seasons]

8 years ago today. 

Jan 4th 2018 Blizzard

I got a bunch of radar loops and sfc maps and satellite/wv here 

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-4-2018

Contours only

[The 4 Seasons]

Unbelievably strong system modeled, verified too, close to 950mb as it passed over the 40/70 benchmark. 

very tight qpf field, W/C NJ and LHV only verified advisory level snowfall. 

[WxWatcher007]

I chased that in Ocean City, MD. What a wonderful event that was. Over a foot right at the beach.

 

 

[EastonSN+]

Out of left field question - does a radar look exist for the blizzard of March 1993? All I have ever scene were two frames.

[ORH_wxman]

12 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

Out of left field question - does a radar look exist for the blizzard of March 1993? All I have ever scene were two frames.

Yes but it’s just prior to the WSR 88-D Doppler radars being installed. So you don’t get the banding detail like you would even a couple years later. Just search for that storm in YouTube and you’ll see a ton of weather channel clips that show the radar loops. 

[SouthCoastMA]

2 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

8 years ago today. 

Jan 4th 2018 Blizzard

I got a bunch of radar loops and sfc maps and satellite/wv here 

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-4-2018

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ok now that's a nooseworthy gradient here..wow!  I lived in Acushnet MA at the time so still bad but at least had 6"+ there

[TheSnowman]

On 4/1/2025 at 1:41 AM, The 4 Seasons said:

Today is the 28-year anniversary of the April fools day blizzard of 1997. Here's the SNE map and radar animation GIF i made for it. I couldn't find any good radar images or loops of this event, being so old, so i made my own using the NCEI radar archive. I updated our historical section with more maps and surface loops of the event. @40/70 Benchmark thought you might like this. I have the full non-compressed GIF but its like 200mb so i couldnt attach it here.

I Now know why I got 30" in that storm.  NE RI to Brockton, MA was inside the Yellows More than anyone else.  WHY can't we get storms where I'm ever even Close to being in the bullseye the whole time?  God, what a storm.  What a perfect radar for so many reasons.  And 4 Seasons, not all your links work on the different storm radars, I'd LVOE to see them all!  This is great!  

[metagraphica]

On 12/30/2025 at 2:28 PM, The 4 Seasons said:

Like Feb 1-3, 2021

 

[metagraphica]

14 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

8 years ago today. 

Jan 4th 2018 Blizzard

I got a bunch of radar loops and sfc maps and satellite/wv here 

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-4-2018

 

 

 

 

[The 4 Seasons]

20 hours ago, TheSnowman said:

I Now know why I got 30" in that storm.  NE RI to Brockton, MA was inside the Yellows More than anyone else.  WHY can't we get storms where I'm ever even Close to being in the bullseye the whole time?  God, what a storm.  What a perfect radar for so many reasons.  And 4 Seasons, not all your links work on the different storm radars, I'd LVOE to see them all!  This is great!  

You can go to the website to see them all. Everything should be working perfectly there with no issues. I have to delete old images from here to save space every once in a while. And i also changed a bunch of URL links as i was constructing the site over the summer last year. So if you navigate from within the site everything should be fine.

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/historic-storms

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/storm-archive

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/snowfall-maps

[The 4 Seasons]

2 years ago today. The other big storm that season. A lot of the areas that jackpotted here missed out on the Feb 13th, 2024 snowstorm. A pretty insane gradient S to N with coastal SECT getting less than 1" to upwards of 17" in N Granby. Just got done re-doing this entire storm from scratch for accuracy and to include Lower Northeast map w/ climo sites. 

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-6-7-2024

 

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[Ginx snewx]

10 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

2 years ago today. The other big storm that season. A lot of the areas that jackpotted here missed out on the Feb 13th, 2024 snowstorm. A pretty insane gradient S to N with coastal SECT getting less than 1" to upwards of 17" in N Granby. Just got done re-doing this entire storm from scratch for accuracy and to include Lower Northeast map w/ climo sites. 

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-6-7-2024

 

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Happy anniversary 

[The 4 Seasons]

Today (and tomorrow) is 30th anniversary of the Blizzard of '96. I made two full radar animations of this event one with a 10 min interval and one with a 15 min interval and different overlay. 

Snowfall maps were recently updated but only OKX and PHI had a PNS for this event with a lot of reports. BOX & ALY did not, they didn't start doing that until the 96-97 season. So all we have is the COOP reports to go off of and official climo sites. 

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-7-8-1996

[Ginx snewx]

13 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Today (and tomorrow) is 30th anniversary of the Blizzard of '96. I made two full radar animations of this event one with a 10 min interval and one with a 15 min interval and different overlay. 

Snowfall maps were recently updated but only OKX and PHI had a PNS for this event with a lot of reports. BOX & ALY did not, they didn't start doing that until the 96-97 season. So all we have is the COOP reports to go off of and official climo sites. 

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-7-8-1996

NWSFO Boston (Taunton), Massachusetts, CWA — The storm produced up to 29 inches

of snow, blizzard conditions, and a (relatively minor) 2-foot storm surge along the coast.

Over 20 inches of snow fell in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Plymouth and Bristol Counties

in Massachusetts. This swath was a continuation of the heaviest snow band which originated

in central Virginia, then crossed eastern Pennsylvania and northeast New Jersey. The

snowfall from this storm added to the existing snow cover, giving Boston's Logan Airport 30

inches on the ground. This broke the all-time snow depth record of 29 inches set in February

1978. However, the 18.2 inch total for this storm at Logan was only the seventh heaviest

snowfall event—the Blizzard of '78 is this area's benchmark storm.

The storm's main impact was to shut down school systems, airports, and other transportation

means for several days. In addition, heavy snow accumulations collapsed roofs in the days

following the blizzard.

Southern New England

Southern New England was also on the northern fringes of this event. All available model

guidance indicated a sharp gradient of the Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) and relative

humidity fields. Due to model interpretation and the uncertainty of the guidance, warning and

watch lead times were somewhat reduced for a large section of the CWA. Nonetheless, NWSFO

Taunton issued numerous statements to update the situation. A Winter Storm Watch was issued

Saturday morning at 0900 UTC, January 6, for the possibility of heavy snow for Cape Cod, the

Islands, and south coastal Rhode Island. At 0900 UTC, January 7, a second period Winter Storm

Warning was issued for the entire Taunton CWA except for Franklin and Hampshire Counties in

Massachusetts and Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties in New Hampshire. At that time, these

counties were covered with a Winter Storm Watch. In the January 7 afternoon forecast package,

all of the Taunton CWA was placed under a Winter Storm Warning. By 0200 UTC, January 8,

southeast coastal Massachusetts, including the city of Boston, and south coastal Rhode Island

were upgraded to a Blizzard Warning.

As model guidance shifted the snow northward across Massachusetts with time, the Boston

forecasters had to catch up to the event and issue warnings instead of watches. Post-storm

reviews by the Taunton office noted that the areal extent of the watch should have been increased

according to the conservative Eastern Region policy of issuing watches when the probability of

the event occurring is at least 30 but less than 70 percent.

Like many notable winter storms, portions of the southern New England coastline were

threatened with storm surge flooding. A Coastal Flood Watch was issued early on the morning of

January 7 and upgraded to a Coastal Flood Warning that afternoon. The tide of concern was the

afternoon high tide of January 8. Just before high tide, the wind became northerly and parallel to

the immediate coast, lessening the threat for coastal flooding. Consequently, the impact was

relatively minor with some flooding of shore roads, a few of which were closed for a short time.

The NWSFO in Taunton continued coordinating with external users in southern New England

even though the storm was initially forecast to head out to sea south and east of the area. As the

storm track changed, this constant contact proved beneficial because emergency managers were

kept briefed and well informed. After additional coordination calls, the Massachusetts Emergency

Management Agency opened on Sunday and the mayor of Boston ordered the removal of existing

snow on city streets prior to the onset of the storm.

Mead Herrick, Director of the New Hampshire Emergency Management Agency, was

satisfied with the level of service provided by NWS offices but stressed that this was not of the

same magnitude that it was farther south. For this area of the country, this was a winter storm

and not a blizzard. He felt the coordinating office was well in tune with this, and the forecast

products and coordination were in keeping with the event.

[ORH_wxman]

Had a nice event on this date in 2022 as well. Had over 10” here. 

[The 4 Seasons]

4 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Had a nice event on this date in 2022 as well. Had over 10” here. 

Yeah that over performer we've talked about a lot recently that produced 20:1 ratios and over 4" per hour briefly here. Picked up 11.1" from that event

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-7-2022

 

And it's also the 9th anniversary of one of my favorite storms of all time the Jan 7th, 2017 Blizzard. The last minute (<D3) trends were incredible and that is one of the only storms i can remember seeing true white-out conditions with 0 visibility and temperatures in the upper teens during daylight hours.

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-7-2017

[ORH_wxman]

2 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Yeah that over performer we've talked about a lot recently that produced 20:1 ratios and over 4" per hour briefly here. Picked up 11.1" from that event

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-7-2022

 

And it's also the 9th anniversary of one of my favorite storms of all time the Jan 7th, 2017 Blizzard. The last minute (<D3) trends were incredible and that is one of the only storms i can remember seeing true white-out conditions with 0 visibility and temperatures in the upper teens during daylight hours.

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-7-2017

2022 was the last hurrah for Scooter…he cleaned up in the 1/7 event and then 3 weeks later near-jackpotted in the blizzard. Been nothing but the torture chamber since then for his area. 

[The 4 Seasons]

1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

2022 was the last hurrah for Scooter…he cleaned up in the 1/7 event and then 3 weeks later near-jackpotted in the blizzard. Been nothing but the torture chamber since then for his area. 

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